Canada is looking to send peacekeepers to Haiti when Brazil, currently leading the UN force, ends their mission in October. Is this a good idea?

Is this the best use of our military or is it a worse foreign incursion into a sovereign state than what we’ve seen in places like Iraq?

Trudeau and the Liberals want to change Canada's image and return to the imagined good old days of peacekeeping missions some fondly remember, as opposed to the image of war mongering Harper Conservatives some have convinced us of.

But, there’s good reason to question that image of peacekeepers to see if it does, can or ever did exist anywhere but in our imaginations.

Looking at the facts of peacekeeping missions, does this seem like a peacekeeping operation or more like colonial nation building many on the left complain of?

Peacekeeping today is more dangerous than just having some lightly armed blue berets walk the line between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus.

In Haiti, UN troops aren’t keeping the peace between warring factions in a civil war but protecting the government from an army coup and dealing with violent gangs in the streets. The UN has been training Haitian police for 12 years, providing a security force of more than 6,000 soldiers to protect the government and they still need more protection?

I'm not against Canada taking a greater role by sending our soldiers places where there is peace to keep but what’s the point in sending our soldiers as a private security force of the Haitian government? Twelve years is long enough.

Prime Minister Trudeau should say no to Canadian involvement in this mission.

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People don’t seem to get that to keep peace there has to be peace in the first place. Haiti is a Chapter 6 mission, meaning those soldiers are little better than if they had been made of tin. Under the rules of a Chapter 6, they may only use their weapons if their life is directly threatened, and often the decision is made by a superior back on bade (think Rwanda all over again). What they really need us a Chapter 7, or peacemaking operation. In a Ch 7, they are authorized to disarm anyone they choose,and generally shoot first and ask questions later (think the early days of the Green Berets in Afghanistan). Not to say the bureaucrats won’t find a way to screw it up, but it is definitely more effective.

Has anyone here seen the governor’s palace in Haiti. It was the first thing repaired after the earthquake in 2010. The people live in squalor while the UN-useless nuts- props up yet another authoritarian dictator. What can possibly go wrong?

Haiti an independent sovereign country since 1804 ruled by their own people (black Africans) and getting trillions of dollars in aid, just like every other African country, is still a failed state.
Dominican Republic, which shares the island Hispaniola with Haiti, is another independent country ruled by it’s own people (mostly European descendants) is a functional democracy and it’s doing far better in every aspect compared to it’s neighbours.
We’ve to accept the truth some cultures are incapable of administrating their own affairs, they don’t have the concept of democracy or nationhood in them. Peace, discipline, industriousness, dignity which leads to prosperity is alien to them.

They are bringing in those who will do the physical destruction of Canada for them. And that Muslim sitting in our parliament will still wear the blood of Canadians on his hands. He may think that he can just wash his hands of the decisions he’s made to ensure the destruction of Canada, but he is sadly mistaken!

Who really cares. Anyone stupid enough to enlist deserves to be sent to Haiti. Militaries must be banned across the world, thus allowing the United Narions the full rights to impose peace around the world. The west destroyed Haiti, and it is about time that the west pays to rehabilitate Haiti. White males have enslaved way too many peop of colour, men and non-men (including wymyn)

It seems to me to be just another excuse to import more welfare dependent immigrants into our country to add to the liberal voting block. With one purpose, to vote in a socialist regime into Canada. Then they will give these welfare dependants their so called “guaranteed job” (forced labor) and us with them. .

Haiti is a waste of time. The people there can’t get their shit together after so many years they never will. Let them deal with it themselves. That purple helmet on Parliament Hill wants us to become blue helmets? Not something I’d wish to partake in.

Haiti speaks French and Quebec only wants French speaking immigrants. It is a big plus that Haitians are black so that fills a check box on Justie’s list for immigration, ethnic diversity, multi culturalism, language, voter friendly liberal pawn, etc.
This so called peacekeeping mission will add to the payment that Canada must pony up for a seat on the UN Security Council and Justie’s future job with the UN. As usual, the tax payer will fund and the Liberal Party benefits. Typical shit from a moron of a prime minister. The troops will probably get screwed around as an added bonus for fuck head Trudeau.